Papua New Guinea “does not deserve” to be stereotyped, its leader said, after Biden suggested his aviator uncle was eaten there during WWII.
Less than two months after Boeing whistleblower John Barnett unexpectedly died, another Boeing whistleblower has passed away — this time from a "sudden, fast-spreading" bacterial infection. Josh Dean, a healthy 45-year-old former quality auditor who worked at Spirit AeroSystems — one of Boeing's suppliers (not to be confused with Spirit Airlines) —had complained to Spirit about a "serious defect" that involved improperly drilled holes in "the aft pressure bulkhead of the MAX," according to The...
Joshua Dean is the second Boeing whistleblower to die this year (Picture: Elaine Thompson/AP) A whistleblower who accused Boeing of ignoring safety flaws in the 737 MAX airplanes has died. Joshua Dean, a former Spirit AeroSystems quality auditor, claimed he was fired for flagging concerns about lax standards at the company’s manufacturing plant in Wichita, Kansas. His sudden death at the age of 45 on Tuesday came after suffering from a fast-spreading infection, according to his family...
Proposed ‘fast-track’ law could see conservation concerns ignored and projects once rejected for environmental reasons given the green lightNew Zealand’s parliament is considering a law that would allow major development projects to bypass environmental approvals – and that should be a cause for extreme alarm.The proposed Fast-track Approvals Bill emerged from the coalition agreements that enabled a centre-right government to form after last year’s election.Nicola Wheen and Andrew Geddis are...
Silicon Valley-headquartered fund Tribe Capital is doubling down on ecommerce logistics startup Shiprocket through its newly set up special purpose vehicle (SPV) in India.Tribe’s cofounder, Arjun Sethi, told ET in an interaction that the SPV will not only invest in but also build and buy out companies here — a departure from the typical framework under which global venture capital firms operate in India.The SPV will invest $75 million in Shiprocket, where the fund is already the largest...
Democrats had set their sights on impeaching Donald Trump long before he assumed the presidency. The media was openly speculating how Democrats might impeach him if he won months before the election. Once they had control of the House in 2019, it was only a matter of time before they ginned up a pretext for impeaching him. Bizarrely, they launched an impeachment inquiry over a phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
SUV was VW’s most popular vehicle globally last time around, and this one takes some important steps forward
There are two Donald Trump election interference criminal cases making headlines in the courts this week. In one, the former president is on trial in a Manhattan courtroom for an alleged effort to “unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election.” In the other, he is arguing in the United States Supreme Court that absolute presidential immunity bars his federal indictment in DC for “subverting the election results” in 2020. The cases have major differences, but the biggest is this: The New...
Boeing Co. burned through $3.93 billion in cash in the first quarter, a less dramatic drain than analysts had predicted, as the embattled planemaker continues to slow output to get a handle on its manufacturing issues.
The administration of new Houston Mayor John Whitmire, who expressed support for the streets overhaul as a state senator in 2019, is holding up the start of Phase 2 construction because it wants the project to no longer include a reduction in vehicle lanes. The first phase of the Heights infrastructure initiative is nearing completion and will be unaffected by the decision.
MEGHAN Markle’s new podcast has been put on ice until next year, reports claim. The Duchess of Sussex, 42, will instead focus on making her new Netflix series about “cooking, gardening
New risks and regulations lead the news. This week’s update is a tug-of-war between new technological advancements that bring stunning opportunities and regulation that seeks to give shape to this radical new technology and hamper bad actors from running amok with this power. Read on to find out what communicators need to be aware of […]